Hybrid/Remote Migration Job Trends

Migration
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Migration skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 59 79
Rank change year-on-year -27 +20 +4
Permanent jobs citing Migration 503 707 1,058
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.99% 5.11% 3.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.51% 5.36% 3.84%
Number of salaries quoted 354 477 900
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £38,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £80,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +39.13% -14.81%
75th Percentile £83,750 £122,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £152,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £67,586 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +16.67% -11.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Migration falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,330 13,188 27,572
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.21% 95.33% 92.07%
Number of salaries quoted 9,436 8,773 22,841
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,281 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.86%

Migration
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Migration and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Migration job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Migration
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Migration.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Migration

Migration
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Migration over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Migration salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Migration
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 30 (5.96%) SharePoint
2 28 (5.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.19%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (1.19%) CMS
4 5 (0.99%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.80%) Confluence
6 3 (0.60%) IIS
7 2 (0.40%) Apache
8 1 (0.20%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.20%) JBoss
8 1 (0.20%) nginx
8 1 (0.20%) SAS
8 1 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 10 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.19%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.20%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.20%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 29 (5.77%) Oracle ERP
2 27 (5.37%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (1.99%) Oracle Assets
4 10 (1.99%) Oracle Financials
4 10 (1.99%) Oracle General Ledger
4 10 (1.99%) Oracle Payables
4 10 (1.99%) Oracle Receivables
5 7 (1.39%) Elite 3E
6 5 (0.99%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.80%) Dynamics GP
7 4 (0.80%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.80%) SAP PM
8 3 (0.60%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.60%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.60%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.60%) SAP Payroll
9 2 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.40%) iTrent
9 2 (0.40%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 225 (44.73%) Azure
2 121 (24.06%) AWS
3 58 (11.53%) Entra ID
4 54 (10.74%) Microsoft 365
5 46 (9.15%) Power Platform
5 46 (9.15%) Serverless
6 45 (8.95%) Azure DevOps
7 44 (8.75%) GitHub
8 39 (7.75%) GCP
9 34 (6.76%) SaaS
10 25 (4.97%) Snowflake
11 24 (4.77%) dbt
12 19 (3.78%) Dynamics 365
13 18 (3.58%) OCI
14 14 (2.78%) GitHub Copilot
15 12 (2.39%) PaaS
16 11 (2.19%) Amazon S3
16 11 (2.19%) Cloud Computing
16 11 (2.19%) PowerApps
17 10 (1.99%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 31 (6.16%) VPN
1 31 (6.16%) WAN
2 29 (5.77%) DNS
3 26 (5.17%) DHCP
3 26 (5.17%) LAN
4 24 (4.77%) Firewall
5 16 (3.18%) SD-WAN
6 13 (2.58%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (1.59%) Network Security
7 8 (1.59%) TCP/IP
7 8 (1.59%) VLAN
8 6 (1.19%) SSL
9 5 (0.99%) BGP
9 5 (0.99%) VoIP
10 3 (0.60%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (0.60%) NGFW
10 3 (0.60%) OSPF
10 3 (0.60%) WLAN
11 2 (0.40%) MPLS
11 2 (0.40%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (6.36%) Data Warehouse
2 31 (6.16%) Power BI
2 31 (6.16%) SQL Server
3 15 (2.98%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (2.78%) Data Lake
5 11 (2.19%) Metadata
5 11 (2.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 10 (1.99%) BigQuery
6 10 (1.99%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 10 (1.99%) Snowflake Schema
7 9 (1.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (1.59%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (1.59%) MySQL
9 7 (1.39%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (1.39%) Tableau
10 6 (1.19%) Oracle Database
11 5 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (0.99%) Redis
12 4 (0.80%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 25 (4.97%) JIRA
2 24 (4.77%) Oracle Forms
3 16 (3.18%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.19%) Git
4 6 (1.19%) GitLab
5 4 (0.80%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.80%) ERwin
5 4 (0.80%) PowerDesigner
6 3 (0.60%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.40%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.40%) JMeter
7 2 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.20%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.20%) MSBuild
8 1 (0.20%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.20%) Subversion
8 1 (0.20%) Tricentis qTest
8 1 (0.20%) Zephyr
General
1 176 (34.99%) Social Skills
2 146 (29.03%) Finance
3 61 (12.13%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (9.94%) Public Sector
5 44 (8.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 41 (8.15%) Retail
7 26 (5.17%) Influencing Skills
8 25 (4.97%) Legal
9 22 (4.37%) Banking
10 21 (4.17%) Manufacturing
11 16 (3.18%) Law
12 15 (2.98%) Local Government
13 14 (2.78%) Fire and Rescue
14 13 (2.58%) Financial Institution
15 12 (2.39%) Presentation Skills
16 11 (2.19%) Marketing
17 10 (1.99%) Back Office
17 10 (1.99%) General Ledger
18 8 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
19 6 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 122 (24.25%) Senior
2 92 (18.29%) Architect
3 58 (11.53%) Analyst
4 50 (9.94%) Consultant
5 46 (9.15%) Lead
6 32 (6.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 28 (5.57%) Developer
8 23 (4.57%) Cloud Engineer
8 23 (4.57%) Senior Architect
9 21 (4.17%) Business Analyst
9 21 (4.17%) Data Engineer
10 20 (3.98%) Senior Manager
11 19 (3.78%) SAP Consultant
12 17 (3.38%) Senior Consultant
13 16 (3.18%) Solutions Architect
14 15 (2.98%) Senior Analyst
15 14 (2.78%) Change Analyst
15 14 (2.78%) IT Manager
15 14 (2.78%) Support Engineer
15 14 (2.78%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (5.57%) RESTful
2 19 (3.78%) SOAP
3 18 (3.58%) XML
4 17 (3.38%) .NET
4 17 (3.38%) JSON
5 9 (1.79%) Middleware
5 9 (1.79%) PySpark
6 8 (1.59%) OAuth
7 7 (1.39%) HTML
7 7 (1.39%) OpenAPI
7 7 (1.39%) REST
7 7 (1.39%) Swagger
8 6 (1.19%) Node.js
8 6 (1.19%) SAP Fiori
9 5 (0.99%) Django
9 5 (0.99%) SAML
9 5 (0.99%) SAP Basis
10 4 (0.80%) BAPI
10 4 (0.80%) CSS
10 4 (0.80%) IBM Integration Bus
Miscellaneous
1 70 (13.92%) Legacy Systems
2 58 (11.53%) Cloud Native
3 56 (11.13%) Enterprise Software
4 19 (3.78%) NHS
5 17 (3.38%) Data Centre
5 17 (3.38%) Onboarding
6 16 (3.18%) Driving Licence
6 16 (3.18%) Replication
7 15 (2.98%) Product Ownership
8 13 (2.58%) Management Information System
9 12 (2.39%) Data Structures
9 12 (2.39%) Public Cloud
9 12 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (2.19%) Legacy Applications
11 8 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (1.39%) Blog
13 6 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (1.19%) IoT
13 6 (1.19%) Private Cloud
13 6 (1.19%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 50 (9.94%) Windows
2 41 (8.15%) Windows Server
3 22 (4.37%) Linux
4 8 (1.59%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.99%) Unix
6 4 (0.80%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.60%) CentOS
7 3 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.60%) SUSE
7 3 (0.60%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 3 (0.60%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.60%) VMS
8 2 (0.40%) Android
8 2 (0.40%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (32.80%) Data Migration
2 138 (27.44%) Mentoring
3 131 (26.04%) Agile
4 104 (20.68%) DevOps
5 98 (19.48%) Continuous Improvement
6 95 (18.89%) CI/CD
7 93 (18.49%) Problem-Solving
8 87 (17.30%) Analytics
9 80 (15.90%) Roadmaps
10 78 (15.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 63 (12.52%) Data Modelling
12 62 (12.33%) ERP
13 61 (12.13%) Coaching
14 58 (11.53%) Business Intelligence
15 57 (11.33%) AI
16 49 (9.74%) Stakeholder Management
17 47 (9.34%) Service Management
18 45 (8.95%) Asset Management
19 44 (8.75%) Data Management
19 44 (8.75%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 111 (22.07%) SQL
2 73 (14.51%) Python
3 53 (10.54%) Java
4 37 (7.36%) C#
5 29 (5.77%) JavaScript
6 27 (5.37%) TypeScript
7 22 (4.37%) PL/SQL
7 22 (4.37%) PowerShell
8 14 (2.78%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.80%) Bicep
9 4 (0.80%) PHP
9 4 (0.80%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.60%) C++
10 3 (0.60%) Go
10 3 (0.60%) Scala
10 3 (0.60%) VBA
10 3 (0.60%) VC++
11 2 (0.40%) ABAP
11 2 (0.40%) Bash
11 2 (0.40%) R
Qualifications
1 64 (12.72%) Degree
2 57 (11.33%) Security Cleared
3 54 (10.74%) Microsoft Certification
4 48 (9.54%) Azure Certification
5 45 (8.95%) SC Cleared
6 33 (6.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 28 (5.57%) AWS Certification
8 27 (5.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 25 (4.97%) TOGAF Certification
10 19 (3.78%) DBS Check
11 15 (2.98%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (1.99%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (1.99%) Master's Degree
13 9 (1.79%) PMI Certification
14 6 (1.19%) CCNP
14 6 (1.19%) Oracle Certification
14 6 (1.19%) PMP
15 5 (0.99%) CCNA
15 5 (0.99%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 5 (0.99%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.77%) Data Quality
2 15 (2.98%) Cyber Essentials
2 15 (2.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 14 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (2.58%) QA
5 8 (1.59%) GAAP
5 8 (1.59%) GDPR
6 6 (1.19%) IFRS
7 3 (0.60%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.60%) EMIR
7 3 (0.60%) GRC
7 3 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.60%) SLA
8 2 (0.40%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.20%) NIST
9 1 (0.20%) PMO
9 1 (0.20%) SNOMED CT
9 1 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.20%) WCAG
System Software
1 44 (8.75%) Active Directory
2 21 (4.17%) Docker
3 16 (3.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (2.19%) Hyper-V
5 7 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.80%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.40%) vSphere
8 1 (0.20%) KVM
8 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 51 (10.14%) Terraform
2 37 (7.36%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (3.98%) Single Sign-On
4 17 (3.38%) Kubernetes
5 7 (1.39%) Ansible
6 6 (1.19%) FortiGate
7 5 (0.99%) AWS Copilot
8 4 (0.80%) Autotask
8 4 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.80%) PaperCut
9 3 (0.60%) Grafana
9 3 (0.60%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.60%) SCOM
10 1 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.20%) CASB
10 1 (0.20%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.20%) Kibana
10 1 (0.20%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.20%) Rancher
10 1 (0.20%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 141 (28.03%) Microsoft
2 47 (9.34%) Oracle
3 44 (8.75%) SAP
4 22 (4.37%) Google
5 19 (3.78%) Cisco
6 18 (3.58%) Okta
7 17 (3.38%) VMware
8 13 (2.58%) Databricks
8 13 (2.58%) Meraki
9 10 (1.99%) Salesforce
10 8 (1.59%) Apple
10 8 (1.59%) IBM
10 8 (1.59%) Workday
11 7 (1.39%) Sage
12 5 (0.99%) Fortinet
12 5 (0.99%) Informatica
12 5 (0.99%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.99%) Veeam
13 4 (0.80%) Freshdesk
13 4 (0.80%) Red Hat